Benjamin Franklin — The Complete Works, In Philosophy, Politics, And Morals, Of The Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin
The Complete Works, In Philosophy, Politics, And Morals, Of The Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin
Volume III
APPENDIX, No. I. CONTAINING PAPERS PROPER FOR INSERTION, BUT OMITTED, IN THE PRECEDING VOLUMES.
Four Letters[202] to George Whatley, Esq. Treasurer of the Foundling Hospital, London.
FOOTNOTE:

FOOTNOTE:

[202] These letters did not come into our possession till the preceding sheets and even the subsequent appendix were printed. We are indebted for them to Mr. I. T. Rutt, the originals of which were put into his hands about twelve years ago by a relation of his, the nephew of the gentleman to whom they were addressed. "Mr. Whatley, the friend of Dr. Franklin," Mr. Rutt informs us, "had engaged in mercantile pursuits, and was for some time a British consul in the Mediterranean. During the latter years of his life, he devoted his time to various objects of public utility, for which he was well qualified, and particularly attached himself to the interests of the Foundling Hospital, of which he was the treasurer. He died in 1791, aged 82, having survived his correspondent not quite a year." Editor.